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Antarctic, Polar and Expedition Voyages

   

Emperor penguins and sunshine illuminating the Ice Class 1 expedition ship Akademik Ioffe in Antarctica.

The Cruise People Ltd represents well-known expedition and adventure companies offering voyages to the Antarctic, South Georgia and the Falklands, the North Pole, Alaska, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Greenland, the Northwest Passage and Hudson Bay, the Amazon, the Galapagos, the South Pacific and many other exotic destinations, both polar and tropical.

Read about Pamela Coombs, who has booked more than 25 expedition voyages with us ("Mail on Sunday" 1.2.09)

You will find links connecting to the various operators we represent  below.


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To The Ends of the Earth

Please scroll down to the bottom of this page for The Cruise People's Antarctic departures listings for the 2009-10 season and then call or e-mail for further details while there is still space and before these departures are fully booked.


Sail Alaska Close Up with Cruise West !!!!

Alaska close-up with Cruise West, US-flag small ships carrying from 78 to 138 passengers, between Seattle and the Inside Passage ports of Juneau, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay and Skagway,tours to Denali, Fairbanks and Anchorage.


Sail the Russian Far East with Heritage Expeditions !!!!

Siberia! From Sakhalin to the Bering Sea with the SPIRIT OF ENDERBY, carrying just 50 passengers. Sakhalin to Anadyr via Kamchatka and the Kurils, and Anadyr to Wrangel, in the Arctic Ocean. Two 2010 departures available.


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Our most popular suppliers of adventure voyages include:

Cruise North Expeditions  (The world's only Inuit-owned cruise line operates the 120-berth LYUBOV ORLOVA from Kujjuak, the former Fort Chimo, by summer to Baffin Island, the Northwest Passage and Hudson Bay).  

Cruise West  (Experts in small ship cruising in Alaska since 1947, Cruise West now also offers adventures on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, in California wine country, Baja California, Costa Rica and Panama, as well as 335 days around the world in the 120-guest SPIRIT OF OCEANUS: Voyages of the Great Explorers).

Hapag-Lloyd  (The HANSEATIC is the world's top-rated expedition ship and together with fleetmate BREMEN they each crossed the Northwest Passage in opposite directions in 2009. Also sailings to the Antarctic, in the South Pacific and Alaska, among other areas).  

Heritage Expeditions (New Zealand-based Heritage offers one of the last opportunities to travel in an expedition ship carrying only 50 passengers, the SPIRIT OF ENDERBY, to the Ross Seas, the sub-Antarctic islands in the seas around New Zealand and in the Russian Far East).  

Oceanwide Expeditions (Oceanwide of the Netherlands specialises in the Antarctic and in Spitsbergen, Iceland and Greenland and are this year introducing the 110-berth PLANCIUS alongside its other ships).  

One Ocean Expeditions   (Vancouver-based One Ocean offers Antarctic, Falklands and South Georgia departures in the MARINA SVETAEVA for 2011, plus a voyage from Resolute to Greenland in August 2010).  

Orion Expedition Cruises  (Orion Expeditions is Australian-based and concerntrates on the Ross Sea and areas like the Kimberley, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and more recently Southeast Asia. Their ORION is a very comfortable vessel that accommodates 100 guests).  

Polar Star Expeditions  (Polar Star is based in Halifax, NS, and operates the 105-passenger former Swedish icebreaker POLAR STAR in Antarctic waters and also in the Azores, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador).

Quark Expeditions  (New England-based Quark is among the larger adventure operators, offering the 122-berth CLIPPER ADVENTURER, 112-berth LYUBOV ORLOVA and 68-berth OCEAN NOVA, among others. The 2010 season will be the last for the icebreaker KAPITAN KHLEBNOV as in future she will be needed in Russian waters).  

Silversea Expeditions  (Silversea Cruises of Monaco and Fort Lauderdale introduced the 120-berth PRINCE ALBERT II in 2008 and specialises in the Antarctic and in Spitsbergen).  

We also represent the following:

Antarpply Expeditions
Aurora Expeditions
Celebrity Xpeditions

GAP Adventures
Lindblad Expeditions
Peregrine Adventures

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The Cruise People - Antarctic Departures Listing - 2010/2011

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Sterling payments accepted at rate of exchange in effect on date of payment

Guest lecturers carried on all expedition voyages

Expedition landings by Zodiac inflatables

Shared accommodation is available for single travellers

Joining flights can be arranged with Air Travel Organisers Licence  (ATOL) holders


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Our many suppliers of excellent expedition voyages include:

Abercrombie & Kent, Antarpply Expeditions, Aurora Expeditions, Celebrity Xpeditions, Compagnie du Ponant, Cruise North Expeditions, Cruise West, Discovery Cruises, Galapagos Inc, GAP Adventures, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Heritage Expeditions, Hurtigruten, Lindblad Expeditions, Metropolitan Touring, Noble Caledonia, Oceanwide Expeditions, One Ocean Expeditions, Orion Expeditions, Peregrine Adventures, Polar Star Expeditions, Quark Expeditions, Silversea Expeditions, Swan Hellenic.